Drinking Liberally — Seattle

Another Tuesday, another set of elections. This week we’ll have the Idaho Democratic caucuses, the Utah caucuses and the Arizona primary to kick around. On top of that, next Saturday’s Washington state (and Alaska and Hawaii) Democratic caucuses may generate some discussion. Please join us for an evening of politics over a pint at this week’s Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

Can’t make it to Seattle tonight? Check out one of the other DL meetings happening this week. Tonight the Tri-Cities chapter also meets. On Wednesday, the Burien and North Spokane chapters meet. Finally, the Kent and Woodinville chapters meet on Thursday.

There are 178 chapters of Living Liberally, including twenty in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find—or go out and start—a chapter near you.

“But if you believe we can all rise together, if you believe we’ve finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us and the 7 years before that when we were practicing trickle-down economics and no regulation in Washington, which is what caused the crash, then you should vote for her.”

@1–3. Be careful what you wish for. If the nomination process for both parties finishes the way it’s been trending and we do wind up with Trump vs. Clinton in the general election, do you REALLY want foreign policy to be a high-profile campaign issue?

@8, Maybe if tribalist “conservatives” can gin up enough fear and resentment surrounding foreign policy we’ll reinstate the draft. Then not only will that idiot troll have squandered his family’s inheritance on Carson grift, he might even manage to cost his children their legs. #bushfamilyvalues

@9 Not to worry, Republicans will figure out a way to keep their own kids out of whatever mayhem they stir up, like they always do. And, of course, they’ll go around referring to themselves as “patriots” while impugning the “Americanism” of the brown-skinned youths who bleed and die in their next foreign folly.

At least somebody is talking about the epic conservative failure of Sam Brownback in Kansas. Except it’s no laughing matter. Republicans never learn because facts don’t matter and this is just the latest failure of Republican economics. We’ve had them all along. And we should have had enough. But we’re stupid and don’t vote.

Notice the one little tidbit left out of the Schizo’s little prayer is the fact that these sorts of things are actions committed by deep religious Conservatives. Religious Conservatives that are making the claim, (some saying legitimate claim) that they are responding to the invasion and destruction of their own Countries by the nations they are targeting.

War is a business. Ergo, it must therefore be the case that Corporations that make money from manufacturing the instruments and accouterments of warfare need War to continue to exist in order to maintain their business model. Every offensive event, no matter how remote in history can be rationalized as a legitimate casus belli that requires a parallel response to the maximum level that can be mustered, that being only limited by the ability of the relevant Treasury to create the required cash flow.

In a world where War is an industry, how would it ever be possible to achieve Peace in a Capitalist society?

No matter what other European leaders claimed, it was well known on Fox News that the Brussels Molenbeek neighborhood was known as a breeding ground for terrorists and a virtual “no go” neighborhood for the Brussels police.

Puddy watched Anderson Pooper on the Clinton News Network and they were shocked that the other Muslims in Molenbeek would not give up the terrorist Abdesalam earlier.

Did the NY Slimes offer an apology to Trump today? Of course not. Being a libtard means you never apologize! DUMMOCRETINS are SCUM!

@29 Funny, I’ve been thinking that Puddy’s LOTR-themed nickname should be Saruman.

If you’ll recall, after Isengard was defeated Gandalf, Théoden, and Aragorn tried to parley with Saruman. He spoke to each of them in turn, trying to use any leverage possible to appeal to whoever he was addressing while simultaneously attempting to demoralize them all — even if that meant insulting one of the others present while they were listening. The prime example being when Saruman says to Théoden that “victory does not belong to you” (playing on Théoden’s insecurity about his leadership and implying that Aragorn is more regal and thus the reason they won), then turns around and insults Aragorn for not truly being a king. His usual silver tongue is rendered useless because he is grasping at something, anything, with which to hurt his enemies. He doesn’t need to have a logical, consistent worldview, because all that matters is the current attack he’s making.

A good example is the way our troll will incessantly disparage “left wrong” media sources, unless they publish something that slightly fits — no matter how hard the square peg is hammered into the round hole — into his performance-piece worldview.

The only drawback to this nickname would be that Puddy has whatever the OPPOSITE of a silver tongue is.

Um, FOX is a pure propaganda company, and has reported little if any factual information at all in the entire history of the company. Their purpose is to serve the big industrial companies by constant drumming for violence and war. Especially those companies that need continuous warfare to make money. There’s a reason why they have repeatedly invited Christian Dominionist/Prosperity Gospel/Fascist/White Supremacists on their various programs to pontificate on what a horrible Nation the United States is because we allow faggots and interracial couples to get married.

FOX is a Nazi propaganda outfit, and nothing else. It lies, constantly, as do you.

@31 As Darryl has pointed out on countless occasions, “Puddy” is a character. The thing is, the real Puddy isn’t that much different from his Puddy character. Therefore, he’s not capable of playing the role of a sane, rational, troll.

From Dr Obnoxious A good example is the way our troll will incessantly disparage “left wrong” media sources, unless they publish something that slightly fits — no matter how hard the square peg is hammered into the round hole — into his performance-piece worldview.

Here it is rewritten by Puddy An excellent example is the way DUMMOCRETINS will incessantly disparage “right wing” media sources, unless they publish something that slightly fits — no matter how hard the square peg is sledge hammered into the round hole — into their performance-piece worldview.

You see Dr Obnoxious, all one needs to be is ax the salt mining fetid clueless monomaniacal yellowishleakingbuttspigot cretin arschloch jackASS for a crazed databaze replay of superior “right wing” source disparagement by HA DUMMOCRETINS.

Butt we know being Dr Obnoxious on this blog means you have no balls t ax the clueless cretin either! See ya!

You’re right about one thing, though. The New York Times — and all other reputable media — “slimes” the GOP. That’s because the GOP is a slimebucket. As I said before, the media doesn’t make the news, they only report it. If you don’t want to be called slime, then stop being slime.

Wrong again R senile. 85% of the media leans left and votes libtard! Apparently you didn’t listen to Andrea Mitchell lament how the attacks will affect “Syrian Refugees” coming to America not focusing on the dead and injured in Brussels.

Looks like they caught the 1 remaining surviving suspect of the Brussels attack.

I know water boarding is considered an “interrogation” technique and not punishment, but instead of water boarding, and aside from jail or death, I think punishment for this guy and any other bold face murderer should be humiliation. Put this guy in a town square for 8 hours of every day and let people piss and spit on him. Humiliation isn’t physically cruel.

@1 I don’t know how many. Have brief case sales gone up? Have you sunk your mattress money into a briefcase manufacturer? Sounds like you have an opportunity here. Or you just spouting non sense and unwilling to put your mattress money at risk. Put your mattress money where your mouth is and invest in a brief case manufacturer because you believe sales are going up.

@37 These days the proper term is Wiccan. Unless your speaking of the witches of Frank Baum’s American fairy tales. While she may have had a few séances in the white house most people believe Hilliary Clinton is a Christian.

Nor is Hillary Clinton a pagan. Wiccan’s and Pagans just don’t get to be Secretary of State even if the US Constitution says there is no religious test.

Or is Hilliary Clinton a closet follower of Islam?!? With her track record on women’s rights?!? Calling her a follower of Islam could be some of the kinder rhetoric from the Republicans.

@39 Exactly why does Andrea Mitchell have to focus on the dead and injured in Brussels?

How is Puddy Bud focusing on the dead and injured in Brussels?

Frankly it seems you are dictating that we are all supposed to be focusing on the dead and injured in Brussels. Sorry my boss expected me to show up to work and concentrate on keeping him happy for 8 hours. Ahhh something most of the young men involved in the mayhem may not have had, nor much opportunity for a job as they have a high unemployment rate rather like in communities of color here like Chicago and Watts that our police don’t like going into and have often refused to go into after dark. Could this ISIS and bombing stuff have some connection to poverty around the world?

@36 You do mean like on all the ISIS sites as you can’t find folks more conservative than the folks in ISIS. Where folks take pride in having the most conservative madrassa in town. Women don’t work and don’t vote, and never leave home as ISIS believes in family values. Stop everything it’s time for prayer seven or eight times a day. You think talk radio is conservative just wait till you see the web sites of the up and coming ISIS radio stars just waiting for the chance to replace Rush Limbaugh. True conservative talk radio is coming soon from ISIS tower radio.

@53 I asked you. I think RR is puzzling over the antics of humans while enjoying some looseleaf and buttercrunch and romaine.

I think you are crying crocodile tears. Unfortunately too many of us Americans are too busy keeping the man happy to achieve the level of concern your calling for.

I’m sure her majesties government wishes we had cared enough to stop money, guns, ect from going to Sinn Fein and fueled the troubles.

You have not said much about the bombings in Turkey in the past week. What should we do if the Belgians, French and Turks appeal to NATO. Then again the Turks may decide to deal with their Arab neighbors, It won’t be pretty and they can be just as bad neighbors as the Russians. Fun Fun Fun don’t take Leopold away.

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